tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33725246.post3534387915862263631..comments2023-06-27T09:43:25.177-06:00Comments on the art garden: Meet . . . Platanus!Jocelyn H. Chilvershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400573037458248759noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33725246.post-55965770504480179102011-12-12T09:04:28.879-07:002011-12-12T09:04:28.879-07:00Les, thank you so much for your comment. It is a p...Les, thank you so much for your comment. It is a perfect example of the "right plant, right place" philosophy. Glad you can enjoy the beauty of Platanus in a good environment!Jocelyn H. Chilvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01400573037458248759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33725246.post-15757660519054625332011-12-11T17:58:01.034-07:002011-12-11T17:58:01.034-07:00They are very common around here and do well. I g...They are very common around here and do well. I gave my parents one when they moved into their new house (22 years ago) and it is now coming into its own. Not the cleanest tree, but it provides good shade and the bark is worthy. There is a street in Williamsburg lined with them, and they must be 4 stories tall and in the winter remind me of skeletons doing a line dance.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33725246.post-35230320743250505512011-12-11T08:59:46.989-07:002011-12-11T08:59:46.989-07:00Hi Halina! Glad you are enjoying The Art Garden. A...Hi Halina! Glad you are enjoying The Art Garden. As I mentioned in the post, there are three basic reasons not to put Platanus in home landscapes in my region: 1. the need too much water (it's very dry here)2. they get too big (and will likely suffer from catastrophic pruning practices) 3. they're messy (constant maintenance for the gardener). <br /><br />As Desert Dweller mentioned in his comment (thanks David!) there are other species that may be marginally more suitable, but not really. This is a tree to be enjoyed in it's native habitat or where water is not an issue.Jocelyn H. Chilvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01400573037458248759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33725246.post-77315301015666514332011-12-10T13:22:57.610-07:002011-12-10T13:22:57.610-07:00P. occidentalis - I recall a number in the Wash Pa...P. occidentalis - I recall a number in the Wash Park area when I used to mow lawns there in college. They get nailed w/ anthacnose in Denver's (usually) cool-wet springs.<br /><br />Yes, a bottomland tree similar to cottonwood in water needs, but much stronger-wooded and less alkaline soil-tolerant.<br /><br />In arid Abq, even more arid El Paso and Las Vegas NV, London Plane (P. acerfolia) are common, and people just use them over and over, no matter how poor they grow without lawn conditions. Abq also has many California Sycamore / P. racemosa and Arizona Sycamore / P. wrightii...a little tougher, but not much. They hate summer here...brownish leaves.<br />Mexican Sycamore / P. mexicana better, but prob still for fertile, well-watered lawns.<br /><br />As you say, enjoy them, but don't plant - hardly a property or landscape they are compatible with, esp in the desert!Desert Dwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00952727692048782529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33725246.post-63294208404764267422011-12-10T06:06:50.433-07:002011-12-10T06:06:50.433-07:00I enjoy looking at sycamore trees. I am from Polan...I enjoy looking at sycamore trees. I am from Poland living in the States, NJ for 20 years. <br />I wonder why you would not recommend planting it. Not that I would like to do that but I am just curious. <br />I like reading your blog and your pictures as well. Thank you for all information.Halinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606205401920172089noreply@blogger.com